Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pre-existing mental health problems

Chatterjee, Seshadri Sekhar; Malathesh, Barikar C; Mukherjee, Akash

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102071

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“…There have been several recent commentaries suggesting that people with pre-existing mental health conditions may be more susceptible to stressors associated with COVID-19 relative to the general population, particularly given disruptions to routines and mental health care and associated increases in potential for relapse or exacerbation of symptoms (Chatterjee, Malathesh, & Mukherjee, 2020;Druss, 2020;Yao, Chen, & Xu, 2020). However, to the best of our knowledge, only one study has systematically addressed and reported on this issue.…”

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Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

Asmundson

Paluszek

Landry

et al. 2020

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

Asmundson

Paluszek

Landry

et al. 2020

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

406

322

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“…6 Simultaneously, there is concern that quarantine puts people at increased risk of domestic violence and severe psychological suffering, as well as physical inactivity, weight gain, behavioral addiction disorders, and insufficient sunlight exposure. [7][8][9][10][11][12] It is therefore important to quantify the effects of social distancing measures on disease spread in order to guide future policy decisions which may continue to limit economic security and healthy lifestyles.…”

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Impact of policy interventions and social distancing on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States

Dreher

Spiera

McAuley

et al. 2020

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Background: Policymakers have employed various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)such as stay-at-home orders and school closures to limit the spread of Coronavirus disease . However, these measures are not without cost, and careful analysis is critical to quantify their impact on disease spread and guide future initiatives. This study aims to measure the impact of NPIs on the effective reproductive number (Rt) and other COVID-19 outcomes in U.S. states. Methods:In order to standardize the stage of disease spread in each state, this study analyzes the weeks immediately after each state reached 500 cases. The primary outcomes were average Rt in the week following 500 cases and doubling time from 500 to 1000 cases. Linear and logistic regressions were performed in R to assess the impact of various NPIs while controlling for population density, GDP, and certain health metrics. This analysis was repeated for deaths with doubling time from 50 to 100 deaths and included several healthcare infrastructure control variables. Results:States that had a stay-at-home order in place at the time of their 500th case are associated with lower average Rt the following week compared to states without a stay-at-home order (p < 0.001) and are significantly less likely to have an Rt>1 (OR 0.07, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.37, p = 0.004). These states also experienced a significantly longer doubling time from 500 to 1000 cases (HR 0.35, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.72, p = 0.004). States in the highest quartile of average time spent at home were also slower to reach 1000 cases than those in the lowest quartile (HR 0.18, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.53, p = 0.002).Discussion: Few studies have analyzed the effect of statewide stay-at-home orders, school closures, and other social distancing measures in the U.S., which has faced the largest COVID-19 case burden. States with stay-at-home orders have a 93% decrease in the odds of having a positive Rt at a standardized point in disease burden. States that plan to scale back such measures should carefully monitor transmission metrics.

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“…The deleterious effect of quarantine including frustration and boredom puts vulnerable people with pre-existing medical conditions, mental illness and advanced age at risk of further psychological morbidity (Brooks et al 2020). Fear of death, anxiety, panic attacks, adjustment disorders, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and relapse of pre-existing mental illness are predicted to escalate (Chatterjee et al 2020). Those with disabilities, developmental disorders and dysfunctional backgrounds face additional risks (Brooks et al 2020).…”

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Let us unite against COVID-19 – a New Zealand perspective

Bandyopadhyay

Meltzer²

2020

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has shaken the existence of mankind worldwide, including that of New Zealand. In comparison to other countries, New Zealand has had a very low number of confirmed and probable cases as well as COVID-19-related deaths. New Zealand closed its borders and rapidly declared a stringent lockdown to eliminate COVID-19. The country’s ‘go hard, go early’ policy serves as an exemplar for the rest of the world to date. The mysterious nature of COVID-19 has caused tremendous stress and uncertainty leading to universal conflict between public health and state economy. Mental health services and non-government organisations have been proactive in the fight against COVID-19. Though there has been no significant rise in referrals to secondary mental health services to date (4 May 2020), a rapid surge in mental health presentations is widely anticipated. Telehealth may prove to be an efficient and cost-effective tool for the provision of future health services.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pre-existing mental health problems

Cited by 253 publications

References 10 publications

Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

Impact of policy interventions and social distancing on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States

Let us unite against COVID-19 – a New Zealand perspective

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